Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Leash"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leash \Leash\, n. [OE. lese, lees, leece, OF. lesse, F. laisse,
LL. laxa, fr. L. laxus loose. See {Lax}.]
1. A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer
holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.
Even like a fawning greyhound in the leash. --Shak.
2. (Sporting) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three
creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes,
bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.
[I] kept my chamber a leash of days. --B. Jonson.
Then were I wealthier than a leash of kings.
--Tennyson.
3. (Weaving) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp
threads, in a loom.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leash \Leash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Leashing}.]
To tie together, or hold, with a leash.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
leash
n 1: restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to
restrain an animal [syn: {tether}, {lead}]
2: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {tierce},
{troika}, {triad}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternary}, {ternion},
{triplet}, {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]
v : fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely" [syn: {rope}]
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